Anti-theft pedestal suspension system
AssigneeTyco Fire & Security GmbH
InventorChanning Everet Miller
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Abstract
A pedestal for an Electronic Article Surveillance (“EAS”) system, comprising: a frame; at least one antenna disposed in or coupled to the frame; and a mechanism directly coupled to the frame so as to mechanically support the pedestal in a vertical position when in use. The mechanism configured to allow the frame to transition from the vertical positon to an angled position when a force is applied to the frame by an external object, and automatically return to the vertical position when the force is no longer being applied to the frame by the external object.
Claims18
A pedestal for an Electronic Article Surveillance (“EAS”) system, comprising:
- a frame;
- at least one antenna disposed in or coupled to the frame;
- a mechanism directly coupled to the frame so as to mechanically support the pedestal in a vertical position when in use, and comprising at least two resilient members configured to allow
- the frame to transition from the vertical positon to an angled position when a force is applied to the frame by an external object, and
- automatically return to the vertical position when the force is no longer being applied to the frame by the external object;
- wherein a first resilient member of the at least two resilient members is vertically stacked above a second resilient member of the at least two resilient members when the pedestal is in the vertical position, and the first and second resilient members (a) are spaced apart from each other by at least a portion of the frame and (b) are of different types or have at least one different characteristic.
A pedestal for an Electronic Article Surveillance (“EAS”) system, comprising:
- a frame;
- at least one antenna disposed in or coupled to the frame;
- and
- a mechanism directly coupled to the frame so as to mechanically support the pedestal in a vertical position when in use, and configured to allow
- the frame to transition from the vertical positon to an angled position when a force is applied to the frame by an external object, and
- automatically return to the vertical position when the force is no longer being applied to the frame by the external object;
- wherein the pedestal further comprises a switch coupled to the mechanism and adapted to disconnect the pedestal from an external power source when the force is applied to the frame by the external object.
A pedestal for an Electronic Article Surveillance (“EAS”) system, comprising:
- a frame;
- at least one antenna disposed in or coupled to the frame;
- and
- a mechanism directly coupled to the frame so as to mechanically support the pedestal in a vertical position when in use, and configured to allow
- the frame to transition from the vertical positon to an angled position when a force is applied to the frame by an external object, and
- automatically return to the vertical position when the force is no longer being applied to the frame by the external object;
- a sensor configured to detect a position of the frame and communicate a notification to a remote device when a detection is made that the pedestal is in the angled position.
A method for operating an antenna pedestal of an Electronic Article Surveillance (“EAS”) system, comprising:
- structurally supporting a frame of the antenna pedestal in a vertical position;
- performing operations by the antenna pedestal to create a surveillance zone in which active EAS security tags can be detected by the EAS system;
- using a mechanism to mechanically transition a position of the frame from the vertical positon to an angled position in response to an application of force to the frame by an external object;
- and
- using the mechanism to automatically return the antenna pedestal to the vertical position when the force is no longer being applied to the frame by the external object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.